Auxiliary car-seat.



PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907.

I N. JOERG'BNSEN.

AUXILIARY CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED A1 1E.2e,19o7.

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NIELS JOERGENSEN, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

AUXILIARY CAR-SEAT.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed April 26, 1907. Serial No. 870,343.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NIELs J OERGENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Oar-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved auxiliary carseat, and more especially to improvements on the carseat for which Letters Patent were granted to me on April 22, 1890, No.426,278, the improved car-seat being adapted to seats in trolley and other cars in which a separation of the seats is desired, the auxiliary seat being so arranged that the persons sitting on the auxiliary seats will not interfere with the persons sitting on the regular seats; and for this purpose the invention consists in the novel features of construction which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation of my improved car-seat showing the regular seat in transverse section, Fig. 2 is a plan-view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail section of the car-seat showing the connection of the auxiliary seat with the back of the car-seat and the upright support, Fig. 4 is a detail frontvicw of the connection of the rear-end of the transverse rod carrying the auxiliary seat with the back of the regular seat. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the connection of the front-end of the rod carrying the auxiliary seat with the upright support of the same, and Fig; 6 is a detail of the guard-plate arranged at the inner edge of the upper guiding-end of the support.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, 0 represents an ordinary car-seat, a an auxiliary seat which is rounded off at the corners and slightly concaved at the sides. The auxiliary car-seat a is secured to the front-end of a rod 12 which extends over the row of ordinary car-seats c. The rods 1) are made of square cross-section and covered by a wooden sleeve. The rear-ends of the rods b are secured in sockets (1 formed at the back of the car-seats c and adapted to turn and swing slightly up and down in said sockets. These sockets are formed by a stationary bar a which extends longitudinally at the back of the seats and is attached at its ends to the uprights of the car, said bar having applied thereto at the points where the rods 1) are located U-shaped plates (1 Said plates are secured to the bar d by screws d in such a .manner as to form the aforesaid sockets, each of which has an elongated opening 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The rear-end of each transverse rod 1) is provided with an annular groove b the grooved end being inserted into the socket before the connection of the U-shaped plate with the bar is made. The elongated socket gives thereby to the rear-end of the rod 12 sufficient play for permitting the lifting, turning and lowering of the auxiliary car-seat which is attached to the front-end of the transverse rod b.-

At the front of the seat is arranged an upright stand ard e, which is attached to the floor of the car at its T-shaped base by means of fastening-screws and to the front of the seat by means of lugs c which are made integral with the standards, so that the upright standard 6 is rigidly supported and capable of resisting the weight and strain exerted by a person on the auxiliary seat. In the upper end of the upright standard 0 is formed an opening it which is square at its lower part and round at its upper part and which serves to guide the square portion of the transverse red 1) adjacent to the car-seat when the same is lifted for turning the car-seat and dropped again when the same is placed in horizontal or vertical position. The auxiliary seat and its guide-rod is lo cated about eight inches above the seat. Adjacent to the upper slotted end of the standard a is arranged on the transverse rod 12 a guard-platef which is rounded off at its upper side so as to coincide with the rounded off end of the standard a, and which is provided with a round opening f 1 for the square shank I) and with a slot f in its lower part that is guided on a studf on the upper part of the standard a below the transverse rod 1), as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The guard-plate is lifted and lowered with the lifting and lowering of the transverse rod 6 when it is desired to turn the auxiliary seat in vertical or horizontal position, and prevents thereby any injury to the fingers or other parts, or the entrance of When the auxiliary seats are not used they are placed in vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, in which position they are locked by the square portion 11 of the transverse rod b seated in the lower square part of the socket it.

When the auxiliary seats a are to be used they are lifted so that the square portion of the transverse .rod 1) clears the square portion in the standard 0, after which they are turned through an angle of 90 and lowered again, whereby the square portion of the transverse rod is locked into the lower square portion of the opening in the upper end of the standard, in which position they are firmly held by the upright standard so as to be ready for being occupied by a passenger. The turning of the auxiliary seats from the upright into horizontal position, and vice versa, is readily accomplished by the play which is given to the inner end of the transverse clothes between the parts when the same are operated.

rod 1) in the socket formed in the back of the seat. The auxiliary car-seats do not interfere with the comfort of the persons occupying the ordinary seats as the same are located above the knees oi the same and in front of the regular seats.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with an ordinary car-seat, of a rod extending transversely across the seat, a socket formed in the hack of the seat in which the inner end of the transverse rod can turn and have a slight up and down play, a seat attached to the outer end of the transverse rod, said rod being provided with a square portion adjacent to the seat, an upright standard attached to the floor and carseat and provided with an opening at its upper end, the lower part of which is square and the upper part circular for permitting the turning of the transverse rod with its auxiliary seat when lifting the square portion of the transverse rod into the upper circular part of the opening and locking the transverse rod and the car-seat into the square part of the opening when dropping the same.

2. The combination, with an ordinary car-seat, of a rod extending transversely across the seat, a socket formed in the back of the seat in which the inner end of the transverse rod can turn and have a slight up and down play, a seat attached to the outer end of the transverse rod, said rod being provided with a square portion adjacent to the seat, an upright standard attached to the floor and car-seat and provided with an opening, a guard-plate arranged at the inner edge of the guide-opening in the upper end of the standard and placed on the square portion of the transverse rod, and means for guiding the guard-plate at the upper end of the standard.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NIELS JOERGENSEN.

Witnesses:

PAUL Gonrnn, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

